A recent homage to Vermeer on the streets of Bristol by Banksy.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Fly, Bird
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This afternoon’s Evening Echo.
Councillor Deirdre Forde (Fine Gael) claims “non indigenous” are more likely to get a council home and thinks Cork County Council’s housing allocation policy is sending a message to mothers – “have as many children as you can if you want to get a council house.”
Oh.
Mangaa
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Croke Park, Dublin this morning.
The launch of Eirtakon, Ireland’s largest anime convention [November 21-23] celebrating its tenth year.
Organised by the Anime and Manga society of DCU, Eirtakon brings together the world of anime, manga and Japanese culture to the heart of official Ireland.
戦い!
Bottom pic from left: Amy King (Haru from Stubio Ghibli’s The Cat Returns), Vicky Heartilly (Simca from Air Gear), John Kennedy (Maleficent), Jaydeen Creighton (Mayuyu from AKB0048) and Zara O’Leary (Alice from Tales of Symphonia 2).
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Before DIT
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Former paying inmates of Richmond District Lunatic Asylum (top), subsequently the Central Mental Hospital, Grangegorman, now Dublin Institute of Technology.
Ditto writes:
“Following on from your post (link below) about the fresh hell that is the new Dublin Institute of Technology [DIT] campus, Broadsheet readers with an interest in history might like to know that the Grangegorman site has been home to lunacy since 1815, when the Richmond District Asylum (later the Central Mental Hospital) was first built on this location. Websurfing on my mobile phone (the broadband here being somewhat patchy as yet!) I found some photos of its inmates, their driven-to-the-brink-of-dementia expressions of bemused tolerance looking oddly familiar.., And now I must go and track down the location of the padded cells…”
Previously: Was It For DIT?
One source says the feeling post-Cabinet is the position of John Tierney seems safe. @IrishTimes
— Fiach Kelly (@fiachkelly) October 21, 2014
Right so.
Government orders review into Irish Water (BreakingNews.ie)
Previously: John’s Tyranny
“I Have Every Confidence In Him”
Meanwhile…
1/2 public galleries are filling in the #highcourt before #irishwater related hearing recommences seeking the imprisonment of 9 protesters. — Dearbhail McDonald (@DearbhailDibs) October 21, 2014
2/2 protestors say a 20 metre exclusion zone sought on behalf of workers is disproportionate #irishwater
— Dearbhail McDonald (@DearbhailDibs) October 21, 2014
Grangemore Lawns, Donaghmede, Dublin this morning.
Via Rtenonews
New Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy (top) and his heroes (above).
Mmmf.
Also: woof.
The Posh Middle Class Defender of Working Poor (Daniel McConnell, Sunday Independent)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Senator Martin Conway (Fine Gael) telling it like it is on last night’s Tonight with Vincent Browne.
Wow.
http://vimeo.com/108679294
A segment from Afterglow, which, according to producers Sweetgrass, has been hailed as:
…one of the most cinematically profound ski movies ever made. Deep pillows and Alaskan spines, all filmed at night, with massive lights, custom made LED suits, and a national government’s worth of logistics, planning, and civil engineering. Filmed as a partnership between Sweetgrass Productions, Philips TV, and the Swedish Agency Ahlstrand & Wållgren, it’s two parts creativity, one part branded content, and a pinch of masochism for good measure.
Fair enough.
Here’s the full film.